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On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 17:18 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> my proposal is to implement a new utility (called 'erescue' for lack of a |
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> better name) that is written in C and designed to be statically linked ... |
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> then next time you break a core system package which cannot be recovered by |
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> simply running `emerge` a few times, you run `erescue <broken package>` |
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> for example, when i broke binutils in unstable with a gcc4 patch, i noticed |
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> that it's hard for users to *easily* recover from this ... we developers end |
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> up scrambling to build a bunch of binary packages for a variety of compatible |
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> compiler/libc combinations so the user can just wget the file and run `emerge |
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> binutils.tbz2` and be on their way |
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Having been in a similar situation a couple of times myself, I think |
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that's a fantastic idea. |
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./Brix |
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Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o> |
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